FEACDCLENT BANKEUPTCV. Losuoy. Julv- St. Alexander Viuliam Collie, who recently suspended payment, has been convicted on a charge of frao^BlfnT bankruptcy, and *enten-i?a to a term of nuprjsonmetit in JSewgate.

Correspondence. TO TS£ £Drr-»&amp; OF THE C4P&amp;KQ&amp;£U£. Sie, —A case was decided at the Police Court yesterday, the importance of which, to op country storekeepers and squatters is con siderably greater than would at first sight appear. A licensed earner, J. Fitzgerald by name, engaged early in Apnl last to carry two loads of shearing supplies to Wotfang, near Clermoot. The agents specially agreed for hone teams at tite wen current rates, poisting out to the carrier that the loading was of tJiat description required on the station by a certain tune. The goods were taken away from the agents1 stores by tone teams, supposed to be the property of tile contracting carrier, but they were not wholly bis, as came out in evidence, one of the teams being lent him by a mate. Tbe carrier, Fitzgerald, got fets loading wrtfain a certain distance from Goganjo, lrtiere he camped, ani unloading the team he had borrowed, awaited tiie arrival of his own teams, tiien coming down with...

ADELAIDE. Jalv25. The great revivalists, Messrs. Moody and Sankey. wnl not be able to visit Ok colonies. The tevenue for the year is £1,560,000; and the expeuflitare £1,167,«». July 26 The returns of the HaDan» jmd Eadma Railway show a net profit of £15,000 for tie lastbalfyau-. JulySS. Wheat b 4a. 8d. per buabel, with a firm market at that price. July 39. The secood reading of the Ednotion Bin has been carried. :

COMMERCIAL CiiracoBsus Ofcss, Friday Evenint Dcbdcs the e»rry part of flie week a decidedly improved toaF in btniaess was manifest The races have caused a. temporary saspensum of operations, and Thursday and Friday were kept almost a« dose holidays. There has been » strong upward tendency in the Fioor market, tad. toe qootaiions, winch bst week were uncertain at from £13 to £13 10a-, have since advanced fully twenty shillings, Jiuf ilJmtonrfing the arrival from Adelaide «£ a cargo oj 330 turn by the brig Amy. The Customs' collections for Hie week ending Joly 21 (Satttrday last), ?motmted to £861 2a. -W. B. L. Thaxtrs reports : — The trinfmrtimi of of tsepestweek have not been so numerous, owing principally is being the rase week. In boded property I have sold portion 1 a^3 of aOotnieiit section 6ff for £8&amp; I have on hand several ceosnl allotments, which win be submitted to auction in a few day*. la stock, IfcaveaoU 230 bead mixed cattle at 55s. My sale of horses ob Saturday ...

. TOOWOOMBA. Jnly2G. The oates and booOn tor the foribcaming Show realised £197. July 27. The Camrier pnhiiahe. tdegrams Irom the country disbnea. On the -!ood«mine the roads are had, and floor i» 5fe per lag. AtSunt, the roads are heavy, and flour is TDs. At Gfaarievulc.tae roads are £air,and fiour is 53s. At Tambo, tbe roads are bad, and«here is on flour, tea, or tobacco. The last dosr sold ) there realised two shiUiogo per Ib. At Spring-, sore, Use roads are improving but still bad. | Floor is one shilling per Ib. At CopperneU, the roads are good, and snppljeE arc arriving. \ Jnly 27. j The Toowaomba Assizes opened yesterday, ; Mr. Jnatice li&amp;ey pnsa&amp;as. ] -JohnsUme was found sumy of Jmrgiary of Bank of- Sew Sooth Wales notes at St. George, and sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. ? Hutchison, charged with shooting William Coleman, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, na acquitted. The ease ot Lowrie, for the manslaughter of Edward tfooaan, at Nive Downs,...

NArajAHON OF THE FITZROY. The report of die new Engineer for Harboors and Rivers, published in our columns to-day, was laid before Par hamentlast week. It is a satisfactory document, and goes to prove that the projeetefi improvements to the River Fitzroy may be carried out with die cer tmnty ot success. Omittiiiff niditioQ 01 the ttpoct by Mr. Brady, to which ex perience teachesifast t**ti^* weight «shonW be attadied, the Government are now in possession of the opinions of three qualified, engineers an T**^»^*nF np to the same cnurinffi^wis. f-apinm Heath's report b also couoboffalive of the state ment iof the engineers- So that, a3to getibex^ the Govern iifcpnt can no longer jy*qj^rfff f hv fipcc of ifo* ^fflrtrtfi^ success of the proposed, jnxks. &amp; is now estab lished Chat the Upper -Bats are formed by Che undue wzflife of the river at the spot, and the ebb and flood tides having ?^jffipiyq*, channels; tt.at *^iwigmp can effect no permanent nnpio venient ; that increased d...

f-o/» Dalrymple to Tol worth. [rsOX A. OOEBESPOSDEST,3 About two miles from Dalrymple the Gape Barer road tarns off to the left, when imme diately the basaltic formation is entered upon. The next mile and a-balf the feack fellows the -saddle of tie ridge dividing flefcber'e Creek ?from the Bordekm, Then, dropnmg into the ?valley o£ the creek {there of great vidtti), mns it up, mimiit^ at intervals sevenl m. Anodes, to tibe w^*» ijnimJ^ jive Ti»if»w valley is many feet under nta, owing to the aoaixy channels 4iy which it is jp^i' Bi'rbiff caning the roads at these periods to be im |MHilili He soil to a great deptli caoajsls of lilact deccnipoeed lara, washed down izom the 'WalT country, and alwajs lidding plenty of mnisbm-. Tbe grass is ray good ; and tiic ^iwJ™^ insiliAxt, box, gun, &amp;c.t o{ a mndL gptatec sne than that oa tile table lands and ridges. Witliin si^it of the com mencement of tile 'Wall' tiie principal stream, nutmag over s bed of sand strewn with masses of basal...

fn Insolvency. Bbtoee the Police Magistrate. C- THE rSSOLTENT ESTATE OF AH rK. Third, eitting. Insolvent was present. Mr. Bees B. Jones appeared for insolvent, and Mr. D'Arcy for MrTlacas, one of the creditors of tie estate. *ni*« was an adjontxted «*^«*g. it being com ntenced last Wednesday, when the '*'t'. lion w*s coododed and the tapers signed by the insolvent and the Police MagistHte. Mr. Jones submitted that as the insolvent bad already been examined and signed bis examination papers, it was incompetent for the Com* to agam pot him in lie tox and submit him to'Uic-ti iiiiiii itifw -at tl*y ^»ili^n» ^f fh»J estate, they having uo legal r%ht whatever to put questions to the insolvent. The ofiusal trustee of the estate was tie creditors' repre sentative, and he, Mr. Jones Eobnutted, iras the only person entiSea to cross-examine the insolvent, fie cootenaea\ Hial ihe ^iy* was concSnded last Wednesday, and most &amp;nuy objected to it being re-opened. Tiie Police Magistrate too...

Select Committee on the Graeemere Pre-emptive BUI.— 4875, 4 UTT.T '(0 pV^ltfj'F W1UXUC AlX^lfffJ ^Q PUE CSASE CEETAXX LAKDS OS THE GBACEKEBE exts vs thb DisnucT of poet craras. Preamble. Whereafe by the fooiteenth Section of ' Tk* Gnwm Lamd* Alienation Act of 1668 ' certain rigbts of paniaBe were given to pastoral tenants to be exercised in the mssmer and enbject to the restrictions and conditions therein prescribed And whereas Mesas. Archer and Co. of Gcacemere have erercised t&amp;eir pre-emptive right so fiw as they lawfully can under the provisions of the said Bection And wfaoeas the said firm eome time since at the request of the Crovra and for the public advantage and without recovering any con sideration for the same sorreodered tbe lease of one hundred and sisty-five square mile&amp; of the rim called Graeemere And whereas it ie desirable io extend the promsioiis of the said section, to enable them to acquire by way of pre-emption the lands described m the schedule h...

THE SCHEDULE. POETION A G&amp;ACEMEUE B.CS 1800 AcBES. Commencing mi the Gladstone and Rock hflmpton Road at (he north-west corner of selection number twenty-six and bounded thence on. the sooth by » line bearing east ?bout one hundred and thirt-two chains On the east by *&amp;» bearing north *bont one hundred and tea chana On the north by a. fine bearing wtat aba«t «», hundred aod azty-fliree cnatna to the Boddiampton ami Gladstone Bond On the west V&amp;** '^ ?militfvjjr t(j the pojilt *0f wmmWWU J' mi ?lit- Vaenas BCsusaa Kck 4100 Aches. Commenang on Oatde Station Ore* at* point opposite the west corner of tibe pre empbve puiduse of two ttaottsand acres bounded t^henoe -m.th&amp; toaA'veA by aline bearing north-weatgrly in continuation of the south west boundary of above ineationbd pre &amp;nptivc ttftmt one hundred and -'T ?*****»*. On the west by- a line bearing north about tatiree hundred and fifteen «^«-'iy? On i^*w north by a. line hearing east abont twen...

The Twin Models— Tambo mil fi/arfai/. Fbqh mt Pen of a/ SanRicax. Saddles. Mv worthy enptayera, Messrs. Stirrups, Girfintnps,andCo. having, luckily for me, made the disoovery (bat I bad served them faithfully for many years, at my request Slanted me lecve of absence for a period of ttreTmontiB, sndbavmg a little superfluous cash in hand, I resolved to leave all business ores behind me and take an mland trip eome wttere or other. . ? ? Being a merennat kind of fellow I did not feel at all animus as to where I Aoald nrigwte; »o «°£°«S6«« advice of an old friend of mine, I steered west, not at aB caring for nun, mod, orjnyother obstacle— in fact tnosaJdads of impedimenta in 2 progress, I voted fan and pleasure after £?1n7cMfe for so W!«r» that . Havine unfortunately reached the Dswton Ever at flood time, I w« ««ty tronbted as to how I ahouM cross that SS^ea^bt by moan, of waited -iU» I aueeoaed, haomg ay mUle horse mat pack horse svimmmg bebmd me, boping Oat every approaching hour Uk w...

am SJIFEE'S HOEiE. /QmdmieLi Bit erareae'Huld tone him down, and exercise Jmn I should, llaaghedto myself to think bow I would trounce him around tbe yard. I didn't laugh again that afternoon. I got him unhitched, and then, wondered bow I was to get him ont of tbe stall without carrying him out. I poshed, bat be wouldn't budge. I stood looking at him in the bee, thinking cf something to say, when be suddenly solved tbe difficulty by veering about and plunging for the door. I followed, as a matter of course, became I had a tight hold on tbe rope, and bit about every partition stud wotta. speaking of on that side of the bam. lies. Eerkins was at tbe window and saw as come ont of the door. She subsequentiy remarked that we came out skipping 13s two innocent children. The skipping was cutuely oninteuttoual on my part. I felt as if I stood on the verge of eternity. My legs may bsve skipped, but my mind was filled with awe. I took that animal ont to exercise turn. He exercised me before I...